REVENUE QUITE SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1922, Page 6

REVENUE QUITE SALE.

MORE WORK AXD MORE aVXSEI. (By \V. D. HUNrTB-qr., "M-8* Director, Wright. Stephenson ana W. Ltd.) "What is the direct re«n. to the -tale from the Liquor TradeH* the year ending -March 31 last tte Bg revenue was £1.359,556 out of a w» revenue of £28,127,007, the per«»Ug of liquor revenue being under o pert ot" the whole. -___ _ "Onr wholesale Annual Ift-XJ put at about seven and a a"™"? sterling. The cost retail has been"* ou-lv estimated at from ten to tw» and "a haft millions. Call It ten ■£■* for the sake of argument. roughly. £27..,00 per day. Tne day expenditure stops, that same _»?«"* thing else must be done ""ttt £27...00, and there is not one tin" ' can be done with it without co_tnW~" to revenue. The first day «•«£ come from liffuor stops, the revenue tro other sources will increase. ••There wit. be no serious <*Mffj period. The day the comWP**" -Tcohol stops, that day will the **» to State Finance, in other directi--"

bezin. , _;n v •'The Liquor Trade says there wiU » serious uneroplo)_i**nt if ™ m ta . comes in. This statement w,B not I *» investigation. The labour now -_*«£! in the' Liquor Trade will be immetoW required in other directions, ine *- r per day now bein_ spent on liquor be dealt with in other direction!, «~ it cannot be dealt with in any otner . without employing labour. ~„»;„« "Further, the increased pre***"* brought about by ProhibitionMß"" - -creased demand for labour. "<•?* creates credits, credits employ !•" ' which means more production, »■» again, means more credits, more *> and so round afrain. _*,_:« l'rosperitv follows Prohibition. Snout the Two Top Lines on the w™ paper.— (Ad.)